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Kingston, Jamaica -- Education Minister Ronald Thwaites today said that the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) approved 90 per cent of its loan applications for the current academic year, and there was no need to grant preferential treatment based…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson on Monday defended the Bahamas government's handling of the investigation into Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) bribery allegations. Maynard-Gibson urged Bahamians to be…

St John’s, Antigua -- A cadre of public and private sector officials from Antigua and Barbuda are scheduled to benefit from training aimed at equipping them to speak on matters related to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Ministry of Health will employ 32 of the 41 students from the University of Technology’s present batch that is completing the Environmental Health Programme, for an internship period, which is in keeping with the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told the nation in a national address on Monday night that she has asked for and received the resignations of national security minister Gary Griffith…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Notwithstanding numerous delays in the process, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has indicated that the decision to award a controversial management contract as part of the planned reform of the state-owned Bahamas…

Castries, St Lucia -- The history of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will take a new turn on Wednesday when the French territory of Martinique signs on as an associate member, increasing the nine-member grouping to ten.…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Participants from Barbados, RSS countries and independent Commonwealth Caribbean countries came together at the Barbados Coast Guard to attend a maritime tactical planning course, delivered by a visiting training…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Police are advising members of the public that a section of the Michael Manley Boulevard is now impassable due to an overturned oil tanker in the vicinity of the Jamaica Public Service Company’s (JPS) power plant in…

Nassau, Bahamas -- A recent report by the Tribune newspaper in The Bahamas stating that US Secretary of State John Kerry certified the integrity of an American company bidding for a multimillion dollar management contract from the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago Anand Ramlogan remained in office over the weekend, even as calls continued for him to resign. But the question remains if he will be fired or resign shortly, as Prime…

St John’s, Antigua -- Armand Arton, has been appointed special economic envoy to the Gulf Cooperation Council by Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Arton joins the likes of Hollywood icon Robert De Niro and billionaire…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Minister of Immigration Fred Mitchell announced on Thursday that all non-Bahamian students will be required to have a student permit or a passport with a residency stamp when local schools open in fall 2015. The…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- The government will not be interfering with the country’s fixed exchange rate, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has assured, saying that conditions in Barbados today did not justify any tampering with the…

Hamilton, Bermuda -- Members of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC) and the island’s government came to an agreement on Wednesday evening and, while they have not settled on terms regarding ‘furlough days’, the two sides have agreed…